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04 August 2012, 13:09
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Upgrades for my A500
Just bought a rather good working condition 1mb A500 1.3 off ebay and now want to expand it with a CF/CD-ROM/RAM, what's the best options out there?
I've seen the ACA500 and quite tempted but noticed it blocks the side expansion (which I don't think is too much of a problem) but are there any other CF/CD-ROM/RAM expansions out there? I still have a CMI 16MHz Processor Accelerator for the A500 so ideally all I need is something for CF/CD-ROM/RAM that allows booting off 1.3 ROM. If there's nothing that fulfills this then might endup having to go with the ACA500!! |
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04 August 2012, 13:17
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Wait for ACA500. Make sure you have 1 MB chip ram, not 512 KB chip and 512 KB slow ram.
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04 August 2012, 15:10
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Where/how do I get 1mb chip ram in an A500? seen it mentioned but don't know how it's done.
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04 August 2012, 23:58
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05 August 2012, 01:46
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Still want to know how you get this 1mb chipmen in an A500 
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05 August 2012, 02:07
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Quote:
Let me find some links... http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=4722&page=4 Last edited by amiman99; 05 August 2012 at 02:10. Reason: found link |
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05 August 2012, 02:10
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05 August 2012, 12:42
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Err.. Looks a bit complicated, do I really have to do that? Don't mind soldering just need to know what the hell i'm doing
Just checked the trapdoor RAM and it's a RocTec RM550C-F with a corroded battery, so not putting that back in, so now it's a basic unexpanded A500  Just took shielding off and it's also a REV 6A Last edited by BarryB; 05 August 2012 at 12:50. |
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09 August 2012, 23:39
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Looks like the Zeus68k is probably the best choice.
I also unsoldered the dodgy RTC Battery from the RAM board, board back in the A500 and still working so no real damage. |
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10 August 2012, 20:33
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yep!!
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